Everyone said this guy was the most natural hitter in baseball. Apparently they were wrong.

I don't remember anyone saying this. 2015 was his breakout year as a prospect and the following guys were listed as having hit and power tools, as good or better than Schwarber in both categories, by Baseball America:

I don't know if a couple guys were making him out to be the second coming for some weird reason (to make up for him being such a poor defensive player?) but out of his rookie class I don't see how you could put him over Bryant, Correa, Conforto, Sano, or Lindor as a hitting prospect.

I don't remember anyone saying this. 2015 was his breakout year as a prospect and the following guys were listed as having hit and power tools, as good or better than Schwarber in both categories, by Baseball America:

I don't know if a couple guys were making him out to be the second coming for some weird reason (to make up for him being such a poor defensive player?) but out of his rookie class I don't see how you could put him over Bryant, Correa, Conforto, Sano, or Lindor as a hitting prospect.

Baseball America had him as the best hitting prospect in that draft. It was his defense that kept him from being drafted higher.

I don't remember anyone saying this. 2015 was his breakout year as a prospect and the following guys were listed as having hit and power tools, as good or better than Schwarber in both categories, by Baseball America:

I don't know if a couple guys were making him out to be the second coming for some weird reason (to make up for him being such a poor defensive player?) but out of his rookie class I don't see how you could put him over Bryant, Correa, Conforto, Sano, or Lindor as a hitting prospect.

That is a retrospective of the 2014 draft, written in late October 2016. I wonder if anything was happening in October 2016 that could have influenced this - any miracle returns to the World Series lineup? Anything like that?

That is a retrospective of the 2014 draft, written in late October 2016. I wonder if anything was happening in October 2016 that could have influenced this - any miracle returns to the World Series lineup? Anything like that?

That is a retrospective of the 2014 draft, written in late October 2016. I wonder if anything was happening in October 2016 that could have influenced this - any miracle returns to the World Series lineup? Anything like that?

Maybe, but those opinions were prevalent during the 2014 draft. The quotes they used were from around that time.